Department of Anesthesiology

News and Highlights

Workshop Gives Medical Students a Look at Anesthesiology

December 19, 2018

More than two dozen Weill Cornell Medical College students turned out to Archbold Commons to take turns performing ultrasound procedures on a volunteer and using a simulator to practice nerve blocks. 

The hands-on workshop, held December 18, was designed to give first-year medical students exposure to the specialty of anesthesiology.

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Highlights from the PostGraduate Assembly in Anesthesiology

December 16, 2018

The Department of Anesthesiology had a strong impact at this year's PostGraduate Assembly in Anesthesiology (PGA), held December 7-11 in New York City. The five-day event is sponsored by the New York State Society of Anesthesiologists (NYSSA). 

More than two dozen faculty and residents took part in workshops, scientific panels, focus sessions, presentations and more. Among the highlights:

Racial Disparities in Rates of Maternal Mortality and Cesarean Delivery Persist, New Study Finds

December 12, 2018

CPO Research Data Specialist, Virginia Tangel


A new study by Virginia Tangel and researchers from the Center for Perioperative Outcomes (CPO) finds that race alone is a factor that predicts maternal mortality and cesarean delivery in most categories of insurance payer and socioeconomic status, with black women experiencing poorer outcomes than white women. 

In the study, published in the American Journal of...

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Dept. of Anesthesiology
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medicine
525 East 68th Street, Box 124
New York, NY 10065

Office of the Chair
Phone: (212) 746-2962
E-mail:  Office of the Chair, anesthesiology-chair@med.cornell.edu

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Phone: (212) 746-2941
E-mail: anes-programs@med.cornell.edu
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